Pictures - Erie Canal & Hudson River

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Lock on the Erie Canal - lock is full 

Lock on the Erie Canal - lock is emptying

along the Erie Canal

Lock & lockmaster's house on the Erie Canal

s/v Windsong II - Tom Lee is singlehanding this, all the way
from Ontonagon MI to Fort Pierce FL

Lock wall (formerly a place to tie up to for the night) -
damaged last year by Hurricane Irene's floods

Gate used to shut off a lock, primarily for winter maintenance
but also for flood control

Typical scene along the Erie Canal

Waterford, NY - end of the Erie Canal
at the Hudson River

Town Dock at Waterford NY - we stayed here two nights
and met Cousin Paul & Beth from Toledo, OH
who happened to be traveling in the area

The last lock - the Federal Lock at Troy NY, on the Hudson River.
It's tidal and brackish from here on, down the river
to New York City

Albany NY, as seen from the Hudson River

Albany NY

We think this may be the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater,
Pete Seegar's 100' sailboat - near Albany NY.
[Close, but no Seegar]

Ihana, with her mast back up again!
at Castleton Boak Club,
Castleton-on-Hudson, NY